Today I’m sharing a dress I made last month. We took a somewhat last-minute trip to Carmel and Monterey and I decided to make a very last-minute dress to wear. I had purchased 2 1/2 yards of this cute undersea themed fabric from Birch and hadn’t quite figured out what[Read more]
Hello friends! Today I’m sharing another quilt I made as a gift for my mom- this one was for her birthday last month. She’s an avid gardener and is especially fond of succulents so when I came across this pattern I knew it would make a perfect gift for her.[Read more]
Today I’m sharing a project that I made as a Christmas gift for my mom. This is my second quilting project and another design from Pen and Paper Patterns – the Fresh as a Daisy Quilt . I was never all that interested in quilting before but their designs are[Read more]
Hello everyone! I’m back to share my latest project- my Nautical Birthday dress! Phillip and I decided to make the trip to Santa Cruz for my birthday that we cancelled last year. We were able to get vaccinated last month and were more than a little ready to finally go[Read more]
Hi guys! I’m back again to share a new make. After making the Cinch It dress (and loving how it was both flattering and easy to fit) I decided to make another Gertie creation – the Popover Dress. This one can be found in the book Gertie Sews Jiffy Dresses.[Read more]
This is the third doll I have made for my mother-in-law from this vintage pattern featuring the Winnie-the-Pooh characters (McCall’s 8087). I decided to go with Piglet this year, leaving just Tigger and Kanga and Roo left to go. You can see Pooh here and and Eeyore here. I found[Read more]
Hi guys! Just popping in today to share my latest project: the Cinch-It Dress from Charm Patterns. I haven’t felt a lot of motivation to sew in the last few months- probably partly pandemic fatigue and partly because I’m working on losing weight and it didn’t seem worth sewing something[Read more]
Hi everyone! Long time no see! I hope everyone is getting through 2020 ok. I was inspired to make a Halloween-themed dress this year after we found this fun vintage paper tablecloth: Phillip and I both worked on re-creating the design in Adobe Illustrator and then I had it printed[Read more]
These days I seem to only be able to get projects done when I have a hard deadline these days, which generally includes holidays and vacations. I will be sewing like mad in the lead up to Christmas, making gifts that I dreamed up at the last minute, while the[Read more]
Hey everyone! It has once again been a long time since I last posted. I just wanted to share the second doll I made with McCall’s 8087. This is a vintage pattern from the 1960s of the Winnie the Pooh characters and this doll is the second one I’ve made[Read more]